Re: Evaluation of MegaSnakeOil by "expert"

From: David A. Scott (daVvid_a_scott_at_email.com)
Date: 10/11/03 

Date: 11 Oct 2003 00:17:32 GMT

daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner) wrote in
news:bm76mg$fah$1@agate.berkeley.edu:

> Mxsmanic wrote:
>>How many countries other than the USA routinely produce strong
>>encryption algorithms?
>
> Plenty.
>
> One word: Rijndael.

     How does one know if it wasn't done by the NSA and then "given"
to the correct people so the NSA could wash there hands of it. When
some one comes up with an easy break the NSA may already be using.

David A. Scott 

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